Authenticated Check : OS Name and Installed Package Enumeration

This plugin logs into the remote host using SSH, RSH, RLOGIN, Telnet, or local commands and extracts the list of installed packages. If using SSH, the scan should be configured with a valid SSH public key and possibly an SSH passphrase if the SSH public key is protected by a passphrase. TRUSTED...

OS Identification : ICMP

This plugin attempts to identify the Operating System type and version by sending more or less incorrect ICMP requests using the techniques outlined in Ofir Arkin's paper 'ICMP Usage In Scanning'. An attacker may use this to identify the kind of the remote operating system and gain further...

OS Identification

Using a combination of remote probes e.g., TCP/IP, SMB, HTTP, NTP, SNMP, etc., it is possible to guess the name of the remote operating system in use. It is also possible sometimes to guess the version of the operating system. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable, Inc. @@NOTE: The output of this plugin...